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The Fighting Seabees (1944)

John Wayne is on propaganda duty in this WW2 film that also features Susan Hayward. Construction workers join the navy, build stuff on islands and fight the Japanese while the officers fight over the affections of a female reporter.

What is unusual about this film is that it is probably one of the few John Wayne made where his character was ever in the wrong and does not survive the film, why the other lead characters put up with him I am not sure. The plot itself is entirely fictional apart from the fact Seabees did exist in WW2 and is not especially original or interesting.

3/5 average war film.